Abstract
Methods In this retrospective study, the population included all AIS patients meeting the SRS inclusion criteria (age 10 years or older, Risser test 0-2, Cobb degrees 25-40°, no prior treatment, less than 1 year post menarche) that reached the end of treatment since our database started in 2003. We had 44 females and 4 males, average age at the start of 12.8 years ± 1.6 years. According to individual needs, 2 patients were treated with Risser casts followed by Lyon brace, 40 with Lyon or SPoRT braces (14 for 23 hours per day, 23 for 21 hours per day, and 7 for 18 hours per day), and 2 with exercises only. Outcome criteria included the following: SRS (unchanged; worsened over 6°; over 45° at the end of treatment; surgically treated; 2 years followup); clinical (ATR, hump, Aesthetic Index, plumbline distances); radiographic (Cobb degrees); and ISICO (optimum; minimum). ANOVA and chi-test were used for statistical analysis.
Highlights
The SRS criteria give the methodological reference frame to present results of bracing
The objective of this study was to verify the efficacy of conservative bracing treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) according to the best methodological criteria defined in the literature
The population included all AIS patients meeting the SRS inclusion criteria that reached the end of treatment since our database started in 2003
Summary
The SRS criteria give the methodological reference frame to present results of bracing. Efficacy of conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: end-growth results respecting SRS and SOSORT criteria Email: S Negrini* - stefano.negrini@isico.it * Corresponding author from 6th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities Lyon, France.
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